05/07/2013 19:23
Star to be placed in honor of Aznavour at start of Golden Apricot Festival
The major event of the 10th Jubilee Golden Apricot Film Festival this year will be the visit of world-famous French Armenian singer and movie actor Charles Aznavour. A star will be placed in his honor in the square named after him in Yerevan, the festival director Harutyun Khachatrian said at a meeting with journalists today.
Besides, the festival will start with the 1960 French crime drama film “Shoot the Piano Player” starring Charles Aznavour.
The tenth Golden Apricot Festival will be held in Yerevan on July 7-14. This year the festival has received 1,200 applications fro 94 countries.
The jury will be headed by internationally famous Hungarian film director Istvan Szabo. The 2013 Golden Apricot Festival will celebrate the 75th anniversaries of Artavazd Peleshian and Nerses Hovhannisian along with the 110th anniversary of Aram Khachaturian.